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09-13-2005, 05:11 PM | #1 |
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MAKR GETS HIS GUITARS BACK!!! PRS Beats Gibson!
http://www.prsguitars.com/news/stori...5_victory.html
Appellate Court Awards Victory to Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS) Over Gibson In a long-pending trademark dispute between PRS Guitars and Gibson Guitars Corp., the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today reversed a lower court decision and ordered the dismissal of Gibson's suit against PRS. The decision also immediately vacates the injunction prohibiting the sale and production of PRS’s award winning Singlecut® Guitar. Paul Reed Smith Guitars announced today that it will immediately resume production of its Singlecut® guitars. Paul Smith, the founder of PRS, stated “We are delighted that the appellate court affirmed what we and the industry have long known: the PRS Singlecuts® are musical instruments of the highest quality that would never be confused with a competitor’s product.” In the litigation, Gibson alleged that concert goers in a smoky concert hall might not be able to differentiate a PRS Singlecut® from a Gibson Les Paul. The appellate court rejected that trademark theory out-of-hand, emphasizing Gibson’s concession in court arguments that “only an Idiot” would confuse the two products at the point of sale. William Coston, PRS lawyer, observed that the decision is a vindication of PRS’ meritorious defense of unfounded allegations: “We agree with the Court and Gibson’s own counsel that 'only an Idiot ' would be confused". Sadly, the injunction lasted too long and the court process was too long and costly, depriving consumers of the right to choose between the PRS Singlecut® and the Gibson Les Paul. We hope that Gibson will now compete in the marketplace and not use litigation to obtain unfair advantage. _________________
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09-13-2005, 05:21 PM | #2 |
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Yes! That's awesome news! I badly want to buy a PRS Tremonti, so hopefully now I won't have to turn to Ebay to do so.
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09-13-2005, 06:26 PM | #3 |
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Cool news. Thanks for posting that, Matt!
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Yeah, it rocks, PRS's singlecuts are way better that gibson's anyway i think!
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Holy S**T, Im honestly so damn happy i could cry right now, thanks wylde-tremonti for the news. Honestly, this is the best news ive heard in almost a year, or 2. I want one so bad, and now i can get one factory direct from PRS or grab one up from Guitar Center!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good Deal man
Alas... Even if they do start producing them... THEY STILL PROBABLY WON'T MAKE ANY DAMN LEFTIES!!!!!!! The bastards Why won't the make them?
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Awwwwwwwww, that sucks, Matt. You'll have to lobby them
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Wylde-tremonti, I thought you had a flipped guitar, to bad you don't play it the right way (sorry for tha joke )
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aww thats soooooo kool!!!!!!!!
and yea i want one of those guitars too! but sadly, in New Zealand, they cost around 6 grand and thats not including shipping, handling or insurance fees!!! so i think ill be saving for a LOOOOOOOOOOONG time!!!
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